1351 
Depth 7 2/3 to vent; head 2 3/4, width 3 3/5. Snout 
2 1/5 In head; eye 12 1/2, 6 in snout, 3 1/8 In interorbital; 
maxillary reaches nearly, but not quite, to eye, length 
from snout tip 2 1/5 in head; interorbital 5 4/5, low, con¬ 
vex. Grill rakers 3 \ 14, lanceolate, equals gill filaments, 
1 1/2 in eye. 
Scales (pockets) about 44 along lateral line to vent, 
enlarged ones lost, possible 22? in same extent; 10 scales 
(pockets) above lateral line. 
D. II, 10, I, first branched ray 2 7/8 in head, origin 
about first third between ventral and anal origins; third 
branched anal ray 4 in head; pectoral 2; ventral 3 1/10. 
Brown, scale pockets all deeper or darker colored. Head 
with silvery gray below on underlaid neutral black. Gill 
openings and inside mouth and pharynx neutral black. Iris 
gray. Fins all pale brownish. 
Indian Ocean, China Sea. My single example seems to 
agree with Gunther*s figure, especially in its maxillary not 
reaching the eye and the position of the dorsal fin. 
10246. D, 5610. Batu Daka Island(S,), N. 87° W., 20. 
9 miles (S. 0° 36* E. 122° 1*)» Gulf of Tomlni, Celebes. 
In 678 fathoms. November 19, 1909. Length 598 mm. 
